He is an able reporter of local
news for the Yokosuka Press. He
used to belong to a major paper
publishing company as an
on-scene reporter but lost his
job after he got into trouble
over his scoop on a big-name
politician and was sent to a
loan on his position. While he
pledges to make his name in the
world some day, he thinks that
Yokosuka has its own little
charms.

He has been Ryo's playmate since
childhood and is his classmate now.
He is one of the few people who knew
Ryo's mother. After Naoyuki joined
them when they were in the second
grade, the threesome often played
together. He has a rather shallow,
idle personality, does things at his
own pace and is indecisive. He is
scared of heights and hates green
peppers. He is very shy and tries to
be funny when talk gets serious to
hide his shyness. He says he gets
tense when he talks with girls. His
grades are above average. He is
thinking of going on to college
after graduation but doesn't have a
specific goal in mind.

Though he acts cheerful, he has a
very sad past. When he was five
years old, he was adopted by a
couple, but they later died in a car
accident. He was readopted by new
parents, but already at the age of
eight, he knows how harsh reality
can be. Does this mean he won't ever
find happiness?

A close friend of Nozomi Harasaki
and Eri Tajima, Noriko has known Ryo
since they were children. She looks
gentle, but sometimes reacts quickly
to something nobody else has
noticed. Her friends consiter her
unusual and her grades are in the
upper ranks of her class. However,
she is weak at science and math and
nearly failed physical education. On
the other hand, she is very good at
Japanese and Englsh and ranked in
the top three percentile of the
school in these two subjects. She
loves children and has planned to
become a kindergarden teacher since
she was very young. Presently she is
attending a preparatory school and
studying with Nozomi and Eri for the
college entrance exams.

She is an odd girl who likes to
undress dolls more than anything,
which makes people worry about her
future. Everytime her birthday or
Christmas comes, she pursuades her
parents to buy her more dolls. She
likes to display the undressed dolls
on the bookshelf. When her father
gave her a teddy bear once, she
became very angry and nobody could
handle her for days.

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